Mercer students staging walkouts to protest cuts in state education
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RSS FeedsStudents staged walkouts this morning at the public high schools in Lawrence, Hightstown and Trenton as part of a statewide protest about Gov. Christie’s cuts in financial aid to public education.
Dozens of students were outside chanting protests as classes started at the Lawrence school, and students from Trenton Central High School said at least 100 took part in protest. They were back in school and all was peaceful at 11 this morning, when the parent of a student from Hamilton’s Steinert student said the teens were expected to walk out.
That protest hadn’t materialized by 11, but one of several students hiding across the street in Veterans Park were trying to organize others to join them in a rally later today. The student in the park said word spread at Steinert that a protest had been staged at Hamilton High West.
A clutch of several students then walked out at Hightstown High at 11 this morning, and senior Liz Marion said administrators pounced on them quickly, threatening them bans on their attendance at the prom and graduation ceremonies.
Marion, editor of The Rampage, the school newspaper, said 35 students joined in the Hightstown protest, which started out with only six student in on the walkout even though many teachers urged them to stage the protest.
“The problem is they are too scared to walk out,’’ Marion said from the protest line. “The administration is threatening us with loss of privileges like ‘you won’t be able to walk in the
Dozens of students were outside chanting protests as classes started at the Lawrence school, and students from Trenton Central High School said at least 100 took part in protest. They were back in school and all was peaceful at 11 this morning, when the parent of a student from Hamilton’s Steinert student said the teens were expected to walk out.
That protest hadn’t materialized by 11, but one of several students hiding across the street in Veterans Park were trying to organize others to join them in a rally later today. The student in the park said word spread at Steinert that a protest had been staged at Hamilton High West.
A clutch of several students then walked out at Hightstown High at 11 this morning, and senior Liz Marion said administrators pounced on them quickly, threatening them bans on their attendance at the prom and graduation ceremonies.
Marion, editor of The Rampage, the school newspaper, said 35 students joined in the Hightstown protest, which started out with only six student in on the walkout even though many teachers urged them to stage the protest.
“The problem is they are too scared to walk out,’’ Marion said from the protest line. “The administration is threatening us with loss of privileges like ‘you won’t be able to walk in the
